Author: Xiaoyaohu

At midnight on February 14, the 20th year of Tianxuan, Qu Mao and Kong Ming rushed to the Liandao Flight Research Institute. After witnessing the airship built by Nan Li, Mu Degui and their team, they immediately decided to conduct a test flight the next day.

, that morning, Qu Mao and Kong Ming moved into the third-level courtyard on the outskirts of Liandao Liancheng.

About ten years ago, when Qu Mao devoted himself wholeheartedly to the industrial and technological innovation activities in the Yidi territory, he lived in that third-level courtyard for more than a year.

When he originally arrived at Liandao Flight Research Institute, Kong Ming was shocked by the airship and never shut up.

But when he returned to the third-level courtyard on the outskirts of Liancheng in the morning, Kong Ming seemed to have come to life, like a chatterbox, pulling Qu Mao and chatting non-stop about the airship.

Qu Mao rarely saw Kong Ming like that. Under normal circumstances, Kong Ming would be shaking his goose feather fan and would always look leisurely.

But on the morning of February 14, the 20th year of Tianxuan, after moving into the third-level courtyard on the outskirts of Liancheng, Kong Ming was like a talkative, constantly telling Qu Mao about his mood and feelings after seeing the airship.

Qu Mao himself was very much looking forward to the test flight experiment the next day. When Kong Ming said that, he was even more itchy outside, but he had to patiently comfort Kong Ming and let Kong Ming go to rest early.

Qu Mao then took out his magic communication crystal and began to summon the core military heroes from all armies who were still staying in the Holy Land of Emperor Yi's territory, including the Minister of Military Affairs Zhang Yao.

Is Zhang Yao himself very much looking forward to leading his soldiers on the battlefield and unwilling to stay in the Holy Land of Emperor Yi's territory as Minister of Military Affairs?

However, Qu Mao failed to ask Zhang Yao to step down as Minister of Military Affairs after the year-end summary meeting of the 19th year of Tianxuan, because there was no one to take Zhang Yao's position.

Fortunately, Qu Mao and Zhang Yao have reached an agreement privately, so they will continue to work until the end of March of the 20th year of Tianxuan. At that time, Hua Tielan will return to the Holy Land of Emperor Yi's territory from the Eastern Continent. The reason is that during the year-end summary meeting, Hua Tielan

When Tielan checked her body as usual, she was found to be three months pregnant. She will not be six months pregnant until the end of March of the 20th year of Tianxuan. Even though Hua Tielan is willing to continue serving in the military, her health will definitely not be enough.

Will not allow it.

After giving birth to the child being weaned, Qu Mao believed that there would be at least two or three years before he could succeed Zhang Yao and serve stably as Minister of Military Affairs for a few years.

Of course, Hua Tielan herself agreed to the arrangement. After all, raising a fetus and raising a baby takes time. Zhang Yao thought that it would only take two or three months, so he could continue to wait.

After all, in the branch territories of each continent, except for the Taiji Kingdom, which is constantly fighting, the fierce battles in other branch territories will most likely have to wait until the end of March of the 20th year of Tianxuan. Is it appropriate to rush to the battlefield at that time?

At 9 o'clock in the afternoon on February 15, the twentieth year of Tianxuan, six armies of military heroes who stayed in the Holy Land of Emperor Yi's territory, including Zhang Yao, Su Qiaoer, Kong Ming, Xuande, Mengde, Zhongmou, and a total of 41 people appeared at

Liandao Flight Research Institute is preparing to conduct test flight experiments of airships.

Nan Li and Mu Degui were both busy on the airship deck, checking the heating furnace, fuel, safety ropes, etc. Five hot air balloons, one large, four small and small, had been tied to the airship deck in the air.

Everyone was shocked when they looked at the airship. Almost no one believed that such a huge thing could break free from the constraints of the ground and fly in the air.

Qu Mao glanced at Nan Li and Mu Degui who were on the airship deck, and shouted: "Nan Li, Mu Degui, one of us must leave one person in the east to explain the specific situation to him."

Kong Ming shook his goose feather fan, leaned close to Xuande's ear, and said: "Xuande, are you afraid that an accident will occur in the test flight experiment, and two of his outstanding scientific research leaders will be thrown to death together..."

Qu Mao glared at Kong Ming fiercely and said angrily: "Kong Ming, I'll be more cautious and keep my crow's mouth shut!"

Nan Li and Mu Degui discussed on the airship deck for a while, and then Nan Li followed the airship's hanging ladder to the east and came to stand next to Qu Mao.

Judging from the expression on Nan Li's face, it was obvious that Nan Li was not satisfied with Qu Mao's arrangement. Qu Mao did not explain anything, or perhaps what Kong Ming said was indeed not what Qu Mao thought.

On February 15, the twentieth year of Tianxuan, at nine-thirty in the afternoon, Qu Mao nodded to Nanli.

Following Nan Li's command, six rings were thrown from the airship deck. Before that, the hot air balloon's heating furnace had been blowing hot air to the five hot air balloons, one large, four small, and five for a long time. If not there were six ropes to tie them up.

If you live in an airship, maybe the airship will fly away long ago.

After the six rings were untied and thrown eastward, the airship made a "squeaking" sound and slowly left the ground.

The 41 onlookers, except Qu Mao and Kong Ming, all screamed loudly, regardless of gender.

Qu Mao's heart also rose to his throat with the "squeaking" sound. The heroes who came to visit the test flight experiment soon stopped screaming and held their breath. The test flight experiment site was so quiet that not even a pin could drop.

You can hear it from the ground.

The airship was still climbing hard, at a very slow speed.

Nan Li explained: "Sir, hot air is lighter than cold air, so a hot air balloon filled with hot air will inevitably rise, causing the airship hanging to the east of the hot air balloon to take off.

The climbing speed is very slow now. It takes about 1 minute to climb 3 meters. On average, it takes 20 seconds for Donglai to climb one meter.

They considered that whether the hot air balloon was heated in advance, the problem of the rising speed of the hot air balloon would still not be solved.

Once you climb to an altitude of 100 meters, you can consider parallel flight, even if the current speed of parallel flight is also very slow.

They were very excited when they had the idea of ​​airships in the early days. They thought that the airship could fly to the enemy in the air and drop bombs vertically, which would achieve very good results.

Now is the third test flight. If it takes off, the flight speed cannot be increased. They feel that the follow-up application fields are very limited, and the military will most likely not use an airship that flies at an extremely slow speed."

Qu Mao nodded and said: "If you pay for the military town protected by the city wall, it may have some effect. However, the airship is the first step in building and selling the air force, so it is very meaningful."

Nan Li said: "Sir, when they set up the project, they studied whether there would be a town protected by a fifth-level city wall. But now it seems that they were a little more optimistic when they set up the project.

Wrong, sir, what is the air force?"

Qu Mao said: "The Air Force, as its name implies: is an army flying in the sky.

The airship is very good. Our achievement is no less than the Fukumura Shipyard on the outlying island that developed the ironclad ship. Please continue to work hard."
Chapter completed!